Our seventh panel in the Indo-Persian Confluence series studies Indian music history using Indo-Persian sources. It is followed by a Dhrupad performance with Sanskrit, Urdu, and Persian lyrics.

Panelists:

William Rees Hofmann (SOAS University of London): “Listening to Khusraw in the Early Mughal Court: Mughal Conceptions of Sultanate Musicking and the Creation of an Indo-Persian Music”

Katherine Butler Schofield (King’s College, London) and Richard Davis Williams (SOAS University of London): “Musical Scholarship under Shah Jahan”

Ayesha Sheth (University of Pennsylvania): “Familiar Ragas for Unfamiliar Audiences: The Development and Diffusion of Musical Knowledge in North India, c. 1428-1605”

Chair and Moderator: Vivek Virani (University of North Texas)

Performers: Sumeet Anand, Dhrupad performance in Sanskrit, Urdu, and Persian lyrics

Project Leader: Mohsen Mohammadi

Timelog:
00:00:00-00:09:45 Welcome and Introduction
00:09:45-00:39:05 Presentation by Ayesha Sheth
00:39:05-01:12:45 Presentation by William Rees Hofmann
01:12:45- 02:09:00 Presentation by Katherine Butler Schofield and Richard Davis Williams
02:09:00-02:46:06 Q&A Period
02:46:06-02:56:56 Break
02:56:56-03:41:59 Performance by Sumeet Anand
03:41:59-03:43:05 Closing Remarks

About the Event Series: The Indo-Persian Musical Confluence Symposium presents a series of performances, workshops, and presentations by academics, independent scholars, musicians and artists whose work relates to Indo-Persian musical cultures, including the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia and Iran. This collective exploration of the Indo-Persian musical exchange aims to give new prominence to its contemporary legacy while enhancing musical relationships, collaborations, and comparative research. Visit the symposium website here: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/indo-persian-musical-confluence/.

Event Co-Sponsors: UCLA Mohindar Brar Sambhi Chair of Indian Music, UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology, UCLA Center for Musical Humanities, UCLA Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Chair in Iranian Studies, UCLA Iranian Studies Program, UCLA Center for India and South Asia, The UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies

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